It was one of our best ski trips. The weather was almost perfect and ski conditions were very good. I love Spring Skiing!
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This year Dave arranged our Wedding Anniversary mini-vacation at Snowshoe mountain hoping we could spend most of the time skiing. We love skiing at Snowshoe. This mountain has numerous long ski slopes which intersect with one another and you can reach any distant part of the mountain including expert slopes in the Western Territories. This the best closest ski resort in our area. Besides, it has a cute village on the top of the mountain. The village looked nice and festive in preparation for the Holiday season. Here the village’s Christmas Tree in the picture below taken on our last day there.
In December, Dave and I started a new ski season at Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia. We enjoy this resort very much, even though it takes us about 5-6 hours to get there depending on weather. Usually, we take a road trip and stay there for 2-3 days, but this time we decided to take a one day bus trip for the first time. We started our ride very early and completed it very late, but we had a whole day of fun skiing. The only drawback was the lack of sun.
The end of our snow season has arrived. We had a weekend retreat at Snowshoe again, thanks to our season passes. We had only one full day of skiing, but it was an unforgettable experience for me. The whole day was full of fun. The main reason was that, for the first time, I skied on the expert/black diamond slopes and felt comfortable doing it. It was unseasonably warm, 50° F, so it was also my first time skiing in the rain with thunder and lightning. Here is Dave on the Widowmaker slope. I can feel the rain looking at this picture. 🙂
Our second trip to Snowshoe was enjoyable as well. The post about our first Snowshoe trip can be viewed here. It was snowing all 3 days of our stay at the resort. My husband and I took a long weekend trip with some friends, and had a great experience. Snowshoe has wonderful trails for every skill level, good natural snowfall and snowmaking and about 6 large terrain parks. The lodging at the resort is nice, as almost every residence is situated as a ski-in, ski-out location. This time we rented a condo right on the edge of the Main Village. We had a choice to take a shuttle to the different ski areas, or just walk up long steep stairs and start skiing from the top of the Basin. Dave was snowboarding and I was skiing. It was nice to ski/snowboard on fresh powder. It takes about 4,5 hour to get there, but it is worth it. You can’t find another place with such a big drop and long runs anywhere near what Snowshoe has.
Snowshoe Mountain is worth a visit if you like winter sports. Snowshoe Mountain is the name of the resort, not the name of the mountain itself. It is located in the bowl shaped convergence of two mountains, Cheat and Back Allegheny. Snowshoe Mountain Resort has some of the best skiing in the mid-Atlantic region and the entire east coast. It’s fairly remote, out in the middle of nowhere in West Virginia, but generally has colder temperatures and more snow than other ski areas in the mid-Atlantic. With so much area for skiing, it is not as crowded and congested as other ski areas in the region we have visited.
We saw many deer from the window of our rental condo during our stay at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in West Virginia. The morning before we left for home, William and I took a bowl with cut bananas and walked down through the deep snow, which had been falling all night, to feed the deer. To be precise, I was feeding the deer and Will took some cute pictures. 🙂 The deer showed up near our condo several times per day hoping to get some food, mostly in the morning. Only one time we saw a male deer with antlers, the other times there were all female deer.
